Animation Is Film Festival 2023 will be held October 18-22 at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood.
Animation Is Film” festival returns to Hollywood to present a curated selection of animated cinema from around the world, including but not limited to films from Japan, France, Belgium and more.
This fall, Japan House Los Angeles is partnering with AIF to offer a special 25% discount code (JHLA) to enjoy the festival’s collection of Japanese films.
The festival is produced by GKIDS in collaboration with Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Variety.
• “The Boy and the Heron” on Wednesday October 18 at 7pm (sold out) and Sunday October 22 at 12pm (newly added) at TCL Chinese Theatres-IMAX. $15 general, $12 seniors and children
A young boy named Mahito who longs for his mother enters a world shared by the living and the dead. There death ends and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death and creation, a tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
• “The Concierge” on Saturday, October 21, at 3 p.m. at TCL Chinese Theatres-Auditorium 1. $15 general, $12 seniors and children.
Enter the enchanting Hokkyoku Department Store, where shoppers are animals of all shapes and sizes. Big-hearted newcomer Akino aims to emulate her colleague Mori as the perfect janitor. Tested by the demands of her unique clientele, Akino must learn how to flourish in her dream role while under the watchful (and intense) eye of her manager, Mr. Todo.
• “Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower” on Saturday, October 21, at 5:30 p.m. at TCL Chinese Theatres-Auditorium 1. $15 general, $12 seniors and children.
After a tragedy on the desert planet Eden17, Romi is in cryopreservation. When she wakes up over a thousand years in the future, alone but embraced as king on the now civilized planet, she sets out on a journey to fulfill a promise she made to her young son: to return to Earth. Adapting Osamu Tezuka’s legendary manga series, director Shojiro Nishimi and his Studio4℃ film is a visual and intellectual feast.
For tickets and more information go to: www.japanhousela.com/events/animation-is-film-festival-2023/
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